Tropical apocalypse : Haiti and the Caribbean end times / Martin Munro.

By: Munro, Martin [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: New World studiesPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780813938219Other title: Haiti and the Caribbean end timesSubject(s): Haitian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Apocalypse in literature | Apocalypse in motion pictures | Religion -- Haiti | Psychic trauma -- Caribbean Area | Literature and history -- Caribbean Area | Haiti -- In literature | Haiti -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 840.9/97294 LOC classification: PQ3948.5.H2 | M86 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion.
Summary: "This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region" -- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Duvaliers and apocalyptic memory -- Utopian ends: Aristide and the apocalypse -- The chimeres and the Haitian antihero -- Religion, nature, and the apocalypse -- Conclusion.

"This book offers both a history of apocalyptic culture in the Caribbean and an up-to-date account of the social, political, environmental, religious, and economic factors that have brought apocalypse back to prominence in the region" -- Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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